Category: Archeology

A map drawn by A. Ball for Verden's Atlas in 1857 and a Viking re-enactor on Wolin Island in 2018.

New Archaeological Find Could Reveal Clues About Mysterious Medieval Viking City

Workers prepare to remove the statue from the mud, inset, a bust of Psamtek I on display at the Met. Museum of Art.

Enormous Ancient Statue Unearthed from Cairo’s Muddy Depths

The Denisova Cave, with a DNA strand, and deer tooth pendant.

New DNA Technique Helped Researchers Learn About an Ancient Pendant’s Owner

Skull of the Protocetid discovered in Peru

This Four-Legged, Land-Hunting Whale Nicknamed the ‘God of Death’ Used to Inhabit the Earth

King Richard III's skeletal remains sticking out of the dirt + Portrait of King Richard III

The Over 500-Year Search for King Richard III Ended Under a Parking lot

Close up of a human skull with its mouth open.

The Real Life Mummy’s Curse? Ancient Remains Could Infect Humans

A drawing of a Japanese mermaid and photo of the mermaid mummy

Is This Japanese ‘Mermaid Mummy’ a Hoax? Scientists Have Reached a Conclusion

Image of an old Viking settlement and a Viking sword under examination

Two Treasure Hunters Discovered A Viking Sword With An Unexplored Past

Aerial view of an archeological site outlined with stones.

5,000-Year-Old Tavern, Beer Recipe, and Brewery Discovered in Iraq

A Tully monster, with eyes on the end of tubes and a long claw appendage, swimming in water

The Ancient Tully Monster Was So Unusual That Scientists Still Don’t Know How to Classify It

Fossil of hippo skeleton and associated Oldowan artifacts at the Nyayanga site

Groundbreaking ‘Butcher Site’ Puts Crafted Weaponry Into Question

a well preserved mummy appears to look into the camerra

The Mysterious Way the Dead Were Mummified In Italy